Manning Creek

River
41 km
Main stem
A Western Australian creek running through Manning Gorge, where sooty grunter are the fish to plan for.
Manning Creek runs through Manning Gorge in Western Australia, and the fish to go for is the sooty grunter.
An angling article on the gorge reports that the stretch upstream of the popular swimming hole holds plenty of them. Most stretches there are described as holding one bigger fish with several smaller ones around it.
Fish records for the creek also list spangled perch.
Confirm how to reach the water and where you may fish before you go.
No live gauge
No gauge readings are available for this water.
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Driving directions

Regulations

Before you fish, read the current WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development recreational fishing guide and take any bag, size, season and licence requirements from it.

Questions

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